davenport
See also: Davenport
English
Etymology
The sofa sense is a genericized trademark named after the defunct furniture manufacturer A. H. Davenport and Company.
Pronunciation
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Noun
davenport (plural davenports)
- A large sofa, especially a formal one.
- 1922, Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt:
- He blundered into the living-room, lay on the davenport, hands behind his head.
- 1955, Beverly Cleary, Beezus and Ramona:
- Beezus felt a little better. She curled up on the davenport again with 202 Things to Do on a Rainy Afternoon and read about making Christmas tree ornaments out of cellophane straws, until she heard her aunt's car turn into the driveway.
- A writing desk.
- 1894, E[dith Anna] Œ[none] Somerville, Martin Ross [pseudonym; Violet Florence Martin], chapter IV, in The Real Charlotte […], volume I, London: Ward and Downey […], →OCLC, page 47:
- Then she went into the house, and, sitting down at the davenport in the dining-room, got out a sheet of her best notepaper, and wrote a note to Pamela Dysart in her strong, commercially clear hand.
- 1944, Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler, Double Indemnity, (screenplay):
- He crosses to the davenport to get the policies from his briefcase,